Jack hanger



v e; s as?! JAIMES I. HELLER, Cl? BLACKSVILLE. WEST VIRGINIA.

JACK HANGER.

Application filed March 15, 192%.

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Be it known that 1, James I MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blacksville, in the county of hiionongalia and State of WVest Vir 'inia, have invented new and useful Improvements in JackHangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attaching devices, and more particularly towhat 1 term a ack hanger.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a de ice ofsimple construction and operation which may be readily applied to a jackfor use in connection with automobiles, and may be readily produced atsmall cost. A. further object is to provide a device of this characterwhich, when applied, will facilitate application of the jack and willinsure proper positioning thereof relative to the automobile axle.Further objects will appear from the detail description.

in the drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of the device as applied;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the device;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the device as applied to a ratchet type ofjack.

The device includes a clamp 1 which is formed of two plates 2 and 3which are forced toward each other by means of bolts a passing throughthe ends of the plates and nuts 5 threaded onto these bolts. Plate 3 isprovided, at one end, with a rectangularly disposed arm 6 to which isriveted one end of a spring clamp 7 of approximately three-quartercircular shape, the free end portion 7 or this clamp or spring beingbent outwardly and turned over to provide a transverse sleeve 7". Member7, which forms a clamping bow, is formed from a single piece of springsteel or other suitable resilient material. The clamping plates 2 and 3are provided with central arcuate portions 2 and 3, respectively, whichare adapted to lit about the neck portion of head of a screw jack J of aknown type adapted for use in connection with automobiles, thusproviding simple and eflicient means for securing the device to the jackwithout necessitating any changes in construction thereof. VJhen thedevice is applied it is positioned so that plates 2 and 3 and bow mem-Serial No. 699,477.

her 7 are disposed in parallelism with head of the jack, the bow memberextending above and over the jack head.

l/Vhen it is desired to use the jack it may be readily and accuratelypositioned by passing bow member 7 over and about axle a of theautomobile, after which the jack is released so as to turn about theaxle with head j positioned beneath and in contact with the axle, thejack being then extended so as to rest upon the supporting surface,after which the jack is operated so as to raise the axle a. Thisprovides very simple means by which the acl: may be quickly applied tothe axle and is so held as to insure proper aligning of the jack withthe axle during raising thereof. In addition, this provides very simplemeans whereby the jack can be quickly and easily applied without loss oftime in positioning the jack to insure proper aligning thereof with theaxle. In Fig. 3 I have illustrated the device as applied to a jack J ofthe ratchet type. The device, when applied to a ratchet type 01 jack, isused in the same manner as with a screw jack. This device can be readilyproduced at small cost and can be quickly applied to either a screw jackor a ratchet jack of standard construction, thus providing a devicewhich is very eiiicient and can be readily produced and applied at smallcost.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a clamp, and a resilient bowmember secured at one end to the clamp and free at its other end, saidmember extending above the clamp.

2. In a device of the character described, clamp, and a bow shaped flatspring secured at one end to the clamp and extending above the same, theother end of the spring being free and disposed to facilitate placing ofthe same about an article to be operated upon.

3. In a device 01" the character described, two opposed plates, meansfor forcing said plates toward each other, one of the plates beingprovided at one end with a rectangularly disposed arm, and a flat springof how shape secured at one end to said arm and extending above theplates, the other end of the spring being free.

4:. In a device of the character described,

two opposed plates, means for forcing said plates toward each other,each of the plates being provided With an outwardly curved arcuateportion, and a flat spring secured at 5 one end to one of the plates andextending above the same, the other end of the spring being free.

5. In combination With a jack, a resilient bow shaped member secured atone end to 10 the jack and extending above the head of said jack, theother end of said member being free.

6. In combination With a jack, a fiat spring secured at one end to thehead of the jack, said spring being of how shape and extending over thejack head, the other end of the i spring being free.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES I. MILLER.

